Improved awning



UNITED STATES J. A. PAIN, OF GLYDE, NEV YORK.

IMPROVED AWNING.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 53,@59, dated April l0,1866.

To aZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, J. A. PAIN, of Clyde, in the county of Wayne andState of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in HangingShade-Awnings; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilledin the art to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawing, forming part of this specification.

rlhe present invention consists in arranging the awning to a store orother windowin such a manner that when it is raised up and away from thewindow it will be ineased, or so covered as to be entirely protectedfrom the weather or elements of the atmosphere, and also in so hangingthe awning as to admit ot' its being adjusted with regard to the windowso as to shade it more or less, as may be desired.

In accompanying` plate ot' drawing my improvements are represented, thegure being a transverse section ofthe same, showing the awnings not onlyrolled or gathered up, butin an open position, more and less inclinedwith regard to the position ofthe window.

a a in the drawing represent a window having at its upper portion aprojecting cornicepiece, b, extending along for the entire width ofthesame, which may be either a portion of the designed architecture ot' thebuilding o r an addition thereto for the purpose for which l intendthis. This cornice is made hollow, and in its chamber c, extending itswhole length, is hung a cylindrical roller or drum, d, turning at eachend in the end pieces of the cornice, on which roller is wound theawningshade f, made of canvas or any other of the materials ordinarilyused therefor.

Oneendoftheawningisfastened to theroller, while the other has a suitablestrip or other Inaterial, g, for holdin g itat a tension when spread, aswill be presently described, connected at each end to the wall ofthebuilding by a hinged rod, Z, made :in two parts or sections, m and n,jointed together at o.

p is a cord passing from the interior of the building to and around apulley, q, of the cornice-rod or druIn d, by which cord the awning israised, it dropping or lowering by its own weight or the parts connectedtherewith, as described.

The awning when lowered is held out and away from the building or windowby means ofthe arm Z, by the swinging of which to its full length, andthen sliding the sleeve r over its joint, it is firmly held thereat, asplainly represented by red lines in the drawing, the awning being raisedand held in a somewhat higher position and greater distance from thewindow by unloosening the joint of the rods and bringing it to theposition indicated in blue lines, as is apparent without furtherexplanation.

When desired to entirely raise up the awning it is only necessary topull the cordp, when it will be, as is apparent, wound around and aboutthe drum cZ in the cornice, entirely removed from the effects of theatmospheric elements.

From the above explanation it is manifest that a greater or lesserdegree of shade can be produced about the window by simply lowering orraising the awning, it being held in either the one or the otherposition by suitably arranging the jointed rods Z therefor, theadvantages of which are many and well known.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new andl desire to secureby Letters Patent- The arrangement of the jointed rod Z m n, theinclosed drum (Z, and operating-cord p, substantially as described andrepresented.

The above specification of my invention signed by lne this 26th day ofJuly, 1865.

J. A. PAIN.

Witnesses M. M. LIVINGSTON, C. L. TOPLIFF.

